Flying-machine



H. E. MONTAGUE.

FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23. 1918 1,378,368. P en ed May 17,1921.

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UNITED STATES HAROLD E. MONTAGUE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FLYING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 17, 1921.

Application filed July 23, 1918. Serial No. 246,328.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD E. MONTAGUE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flying-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

A flying machine of the present invention can start from the ground and land on the ground, or can be operated from the water. Furthermore the flying machine can be driven by an aviator or can be used as an aerial torpedo without requiring the services of an aviator. v

The following are among the objects of the invention :-first, to improve the stability of the machine so that if tipped up on its side it will right itself; second, to avoid warping, cracking and twisting, such as is due to the effects of heat and moisture; third, to minimize frictional retardation; fourth, to minimize the effects of side wind pres sure; fifth, to provide for carrying bombs and other explosives; and in general to provide a stable, strong, durable and speedy flying machine.

The invention willbe claimed at the end hereof, but will be first described in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, is a side view.

Fig. 2, is a front view.

Fig. 3, is a transverse section.

Fig. 4, is-a detached view, drawn to an enlarged scale, and illustrating a pontoon.

Fig. 5, is a transverse section of the view of the pontoon.

Fig. 6, is a sectional view of the front of the machine.

Figs. 7 and 8, are sections taken on the lines 7-7 and 8-8 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 9, is a diagrammatic view of automatic control apparatus.

Fig. 10, is a sectional view of the engine, showing parts of stanchions of the car.

Fig. 11, is a sectional view, drawn to an enlarged scale, of one of the warping wires, and

Fig. 12, is a detail view.

In cross-section the car is generally triangular and has concaved sides, as shown in Figs. 3 and 7. This is a matter of advantage because the concaved sides tend to deflect side currents of air downward, thus producing a lifting action and producing a stabilizrain, moisture and sun light, and it is easy to make and can be applied very rapidly. The location of the engine 7 and the general distribution of the weight, made possible by the features of construction herein described, is such that the center of gravity of the flying machine is below its center of figure, so that 1f it is tipped up on its edge-it tends to right itself and thus the machine is stable. The radiator 8 is arranged flat-wise and in the plane of the deck and the front of the machine is pointed so that the propeller 9 is fully effective and the conditions are favorable for high speed. Beneath the radiator 8 there is a bearing 10 for the propeller shaft and beneath there is a compartment 11 for explosives which are indicated at A. Inrear of the engine there is a compartment 12, fitted with traps 13. The compartment 12 contains bombs, indicated at C, which can be discharged through the traps. Wheels 14, or pontoons 16, can be used, and the ontoons 16 are provided with concaved f aces so that they do not tend to cause undue splashing.

The truck gear comprises a radius rod 17, a rod 18 pivoted at 19, a rod 20 having a spring 21, and a standard 22, having interposed in it a spring 23. By this construction the jar of impact is compensated for. 24, is the master plane, having a movable portion 25, and 26 are the fender planes having movable portions 27. The warping wires 28 and stay wires 29 are tubular, as shown in Fig. 11, and if necessary re-in forced by a wire 30, within the tube. One advantage of the tubular construction is that vibration and noise are opposed, while suflicient strength is present. 31, indicates'wire less apparatus. 32, is the rudder gear.

The controls of the machine when it is used as a flying torpedo may be controlled electrically in respect to timing apparatus. Suitable timing apparatus is indicated in Fig. 9. The clock driven hand 33 is in the circuit, as is also the contact 34. The contact may be set at an appropriate place on J the dial and when the hand reaches it, the circuit is closed and the electro-ma netic devices operated, for example, to reak the ignition circuit 36 by throwing out the switch 37 through the action of the magnetically operated part 38. The part 38 may also mechanically operate upon the pivoted lever 39 to shift the link 40, which can be connected to 'any of the controls or bomb releasing devices, not shown since they are well understood and of course more than one apparatus of the kind shown in Fi 9 may be employed in order to operate al or any of the controls in cases where the flying machine is used as an aerial torpedo, and in that case the mechanism 41 serves to discharge the explosive A.

The circuit path shown described as follows: From one side, of the battery 41, by conductor 42, and branches 43 and 44 through coils 45 and 46 to contacts 45 and 46, of which one, shown as 46, is normally in contact with one of the springs 47 and 48 of the insulated vibrator member 38; and these springs are connected by wires 49 through contacts 33 and 34 and by 50 to the in Fig. 9, may be.

other side of the battery or other source 41. lVhen circuit is closed at 33 and 34, current passes at 46 and 48 and coil 46" is energized, turning the lower end of 38, (below its pivot 51) toward the right, this breaks contact at 46 and 48 and makes contact at 45 and 47, energizing coil 45*, which draws lever 38 into its other position; thus the lever 38 continues to vibrate as long as the circuit remains closed at 33 and 3 At the extreme front, the cross-section of car is circular, proceeding toward the back the cross-section is triangular with concave sides and of increasing size, back or about the line 88 the concavity disappears and layer of textile material.

HAROLD E. MONTAGUE. 

